Hello Kirill, I think you may find the default setting in Toolbar.../Tools/Preferences/Schematic-- 'Multi-part Suffix' is set to 'Numeric' when you need 'Alpha'. I have no experience with XP version myself but it is probably something simple like this.
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirill 'Big K' Katsnelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: [PEDA] Annotation woes in Protel DXP > I recently installed the trial version of DXP with SP2. I have not been > touching Protel for a couple years, but FWIW, I do not remember having this > problem in Protel 99 - it "just worked", so I cannot recall details. > > I have an analog board with a few op amps that come in four packs :) > I want to annotate it - initially, all designators are U?, and I already > set correct part numbers within packages on each schematic part. There is > only one sheet. When I annotate, all part-in-package numbers reset to 1, > and designators are assigned sequential numbers. Suppose I have exactly 4 > parts with the same LibRef and comment, that assigned part Ns 1,2,3 and 4, > so they are initially U?A .. U?D. I recall that P99 automagically recognized > them as belonging to a single package, and numbered them U1A..U1D. For the > life of me, I cannot remember whether I did anything special for that. > > Whatever I do, DXP renumbers them as U1A...U4A. > > What really amazes me is that there were no messages with a similar problem > neither on USENET not in this list; this is not mentioned in any whitepaper > or the manual that I downloaded. Usually, this is an indication that I > am either missing something ultra-obvious, or am doing something that should > not be done. :) > > What is the correct way to annotate multiple parts belonging to one package? > > Thanks! > > -kkm > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *